24 WOLF'S WILD ANIMALS. 



Angered at being so foiled, several rush on him at once, hoping to distract his 

 attention by numbers, but the massive head is quickly turned to either side, and 

 the nearest wolf is hurled helpless on the ground bleeding from several fearful 

 gashes, while the remainder recoil to a safer distance to gnash their teeth with 

 impotent rage. The grim inhabitant of the jungle, in the meanwhile, his small 

 wicked looking eyes glancing fire, and the blood and froth falling from his open 

 mouth, with his short tail curled tightly over his back, secure in his post of vantage, 

 grunts aloud his defiance. The cries of the discomfited wolves bring others to their 

 aid, and over the moonlit snow the shadowy forms of many loping creatures are seen 

 advancing to help their brethren. Soon the fight will become more desperate and 

 furious. Urged on by long-experienced hunger, the wolves will forget the danger 

 in their desire to secure the prey, and encouraged by numbers will assail the Boar 

 on every side. He will not be idle, but impelled by the great strength of his neck, 

 the tusk will be used mercilessly, and the prostrate bodies of his foes will lay 

 around and before him, crimsoning the snow with their life blood as it streams from 

 many a gaping wound, while the cries of the combatants arouse the sleeping 

 echoes of the wood. At length dismayed and discomfited by his valiant defence, 

 the few survivors among his assailants will gradually slink away, leaving him to 

 emerge from his secure position, a victor in this desperate conflict at close quarters. 



